A lot of this also applies to other interpreted languages widely used in production, such as Ruby, Python and Clojure.
You don’t like interpreted languages in production, fine. But rejecting candidates who think differently from you just creates a monoculture and reduces the chance that you learn anything new, beyond reinforcing your own convictions.
You don’t like interpreted languages in production, fine. But rejecting candidates who think differently from you just creates a monoculture and reduces the chance that you learn anything new, beyond reinforcing your own convictions.